State police are investigating a fatal accident involving a pedestrian on Hamilton Boulevard in Lower Macungie Township. The accident was reported about 7:30 p.m. in the westbound lane of Hamilton Boulevard, about 50 yards east of Kressler Road. Three hours later, the pedestrian's body was still on the road's right shoulder. A state trooper at Fogelsville baracks said the victim is a male, but he withheld further information until the investigation is complete. Police cars and vans were strategically parked at the roadside to block onlookers, and a Lower Macungie firetruck's bright lights illuminated the area in the freezing night air. The left westbound lane remained open.

By Emily Opilo, Of The Morning Call and By Emily Opilo, Of The Morning Call | August 10, 2014

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a theft at a Lower Macungie Township grocery store Friday. Shortly after 10 a.m., an unknown man entered the Giant Food Store in the 7100 block of Hamilton Boulevard and placed 10 items in a hand basket including a London Broil Ham, Women's Vagasil Wash, two Gillette Men's Razors, Old Spice deodorant, two packs of Crest White Strips and three Gillette Proglide Men's Razors, police said. The man then left the store via the produce exit without paying for the merchandise.

Four people were injured Monday night when three cars crashed on Hamilton Boulevard in Upper Macungie Township, police said. Emily Spitzenberger, 19, of West Grove, Chester County, was going east on Hamilton Boulevard at 6:55 p.m. when she collided with an oncoming car as she tried to turn left onto Independent Road, township police said. The oncoming car, driven by Richard Kucsan, 57, of Mertztown, then ran into a car driven by David Johnson, 44, of Breinigsville, who was stopped at the intersection, Sgt. Peter Nickischer said.

The Lehigh Medical Arts building in Lower Macungie Township was burglarized last week and cash was taken from office drawers, police said. The building at 5018 Medical Center Circle was broken into between 5:30 p.m. June 13 and 10 a.m. June 14, state police at Fogelsville said. The burglar or burglars damaged doors and smashed a window at the building, near Hamilton Boulevard and Brookside Road, police said. Several offices were entered, and police said $120 was stolen.

A car collided with a gas tanker in Lower Macungie Township on Sunday night, closing down the northbound lanes of Hamilton Boulevard. The car appeared to be pinned between the Penn Tank Lines tanker and a traffic light pole, and radio reports indicate the driver was trapped in the car. The accident occurred around 8 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Hamilton Boulevard and Interstate 78, near the border of Lower Macungie and South Whitehall townships....

Three people were injured in a three-car crash on Hamilton Boulevard in Allentown Wednesday morning. Police said Lowell Primrose, 33, of 223 E. Moorestown Road, Wind Gap, was headed east in the 2900 block of Hamilton Boulevard at 8:28 a.m. when he made a left turn into a parking lot without yielding to oncoming traffic. Primrose struck a westbound vehicle driven by Kelly Coffman, 20, of 1350 Hamilton St., almost head-on, police said. The two vehicles then spun 180 degrees and hit a westbound vehicle driven by Germania Mirabal of 1437 Walnut St., Allentown, police said.

A driver who lost a contact lens while driving on Hamilton Boulevard early Wednesday created a traffic headache for commuters and a big repair job for utility companies. Jarret Cohen, 26, of 18 S. Glenwood St., Allentown, told police he took his eyes off the road because a contact lens came out and that's when he crashed into two utility poles, according to South Whitehall Township police. Police said Cohen was heading east and struck a utility pole, which caused his vehicle to flip into a second utility pole.

Police say a Salisbury woman was the driver in an accident Saturday that killed a popular Parkland High School teacher. Jennifer A. Gehringer, 25, said Wednesday she didn't see anyone on the road and hasn't been able to sleep or eat since the accident. Gehringer, of 515 S. Emerson St., stood in her doorway in tears. She would not say much about what happened or where she was coming from before the South Whitehall accident that killed John S. Toggas, a physical education teacher and former wrestling coach.

Lower Macungie Township has received a $125,000 grant from the state to help fund a project that will add two trail segments in the township within the next two years. The township announced that it will use the grant from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to pay for one trail along the Little Lehigh Creek near Spring Creek Road and another along the right of way between Hamilton Boulevard and Morningstar Drive. A township press release says the trails will connect a number of neighborhoods to the township greenway and to the commercial stretch of Hamilton Boulevard.

Pedestrians trying to cross over Hamilton Boulevard from Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in South Whitehall Township look a bit like contestants in "The Hunger Games," dodging danger left and right, just trying to stay alive. There are no sidewalks or crosswalks. Dorney Park employees have to cross four lanes of the busy Hamilton Boulevard if they want to take the bus home. It doesn't have to be that way, said Owen P. O'Neil, director of planning for the Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority, the region's mass transit provider.

Q: The Hamilton Boulevard bridge over the Turnpike near Minesite Road needs some tender loving care. Previous cracks in the concrete have now turned into holes, and cracks are developing in other sections. It may be time to lock the door before the horses get out. — October 2008 A year ago I wrote you about the holes in the bridge on Hamilton, and thanks to you they did patch it. The sad part it is, the pothole is open again, is larger than before, and it seems to have raised a family.

State police are investigating a fatal accident involving a pedestrian on Hamilton Boulevard in Lower Macungie Township. The accident was reported about 7:30 p.m. in the westbound lane of Hamilton Boulevard, about 50 yards east of Kressler Road. Three hours later, the pedestrian's body was still on the road's right shoulder. A state trooper at Fogelsville baracks said the victim is a male, but he withheld further information until the investigation is complete. Police cars and vans were strategically parked at the roadside to block onlookers, and a Lower Macungie firetruck's bright lights illuminated the area in the freezing night air. The left westbound lane remained open.

Four people were injured Monday night when three cars crashed on Hamilton Boulevard in Upper Macungie Township, police said. Emily Spitzenberger, 19, of West Grove, Chester County, was going east on Hamilton Boulevard at 6:55 p.m. when she collided with an oncoming car as she tried to turn left onto Independent Road, township police said. The oncoming car, driven by Richard Kucsan, 57, of Mertztown, then ran into a car driven by David Johnson, 44, of Breinigsville, who was stopped at the intersection, Sgt. Peter Nickischer said.

A car collided with a gas tanker in Lower Macungie Township on Sunday night, closing down the northbound lanes of Hamilton Boulevard. The car appeared to be pinned between the Penn Tank Lines tanker and a traffic light pole, and radio reports indicate the driver was trapped in the car. The accident occurred around 8 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Hamilton Boulevard and Interstate 78, near the border of Lower Macungie and South Whitehall townships....

Lower Macungie Township is hosting a second workshop on its Hamilton Boulevard Corridor study from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, at the municipal building, 3400 Brookside Road. A copy of a PowerPoint presentation of the first meeting, held on June 7, is available on the township's website . For more information or to comment on the plan, contact Sara Pandl at 610-966-4343, extension 126, or email her at spandl@lowermac.com .

Q: Regarding the need for a pedestrian bridge crossing Route 22 at MacArthur Road, I travel there frequently, and rarely, if ever, see anyone crossing that intersection. Just days ago my friends and I questioned why a pedestrian bridge would be built there before one was built across Hamilton Boulevard at Dorney Park — then, on Tuesday, another person died trying to cross there. The swarms of people crossing Hamilton at Dorney should justify a bridge far more so than at MacArthur.